MEP of the week

Lobby organisation

Plastics Recyclers Europe

Business / industry · Chemicals & manufacturing · HQ: Belgium · Transparency Register entry

As of 9 September 2026, Plastics Recyclers Europe appears in 27 declared MEP meetings (20 different MEPs), most often with Socialists & Democrats.

27
declared meetings
with current MEPs
20
MEPs met
€400,000/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
4.8
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“We focus on the promotion of plastics recycling and the creation of conditions which enable profitable and sustainable business.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 27 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

Socialists & Democrats933%
Renew Europe519%
European People's Party415%
Greens/EFA415%
Non-attached27%
European Conservatives & Reformists14%
Patriots for Europe14%
The Left14%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2020–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (9 in 2025).

2020
1
2021
0
2022
3
2023
6
2024
6
2025
9
2026
2

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

César Luena
4 meetings · S&D
Sara Matthieu
2 meetings · Greens/EFA
Kateřina Konečná
2 meetings · Non-attached
Giorgio Gori
2 meetings · S&D
Pierfrancesco Maran
2 meetings · S&D

The 15 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
8 Jul 2026Giorgio GoriCircular Economy and Industrial Accelerator Act
1 Jun 2026César LuenaCircular Economy Act
5 Dec 2025Pierfrancesco MaranEnd-of-Life Vehicles Regulation
6 Nov 2025César LuenaCurrent situation of the plastic recycling sector
16 Oct 2025Jeannette BaljeuRecycling
8 Oct 2025Pascal CanfinELVR
30 Sep 2025Ana VasconcelosPlastic recycling
12 Feb 2025César LuenaPellets Regulation
30 Jan 2025Pierfrancesco MaranEnd-of-Life Vehicles
29 Jan 2025Jonas SjöstedtEnd of Life Vehicles
15 Jan 2025Paulius SaudargasEnd -of-life vehicles regulation
19 Nov 2024Karin KarlsbroPlastpellets
23 Oct 2024César LuenaPellets Regulation
18 Sep 2024Giorgio GoriPresentation of priorities
17 Sep 2024András Tivadar KuljaPlastic recycling

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